Fostering scientific interaction between participants coming from all over the world is an additional merit of scientific meetings. To this end two social activities will be organized during this 4th Dog and Cat meeting.
Largo
Allegro
Allegretto
Largo
Largo
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
String quartet N° 14, in D minor(1824)
« La Jeune Fille et la Mort»
Allegro
Andante con moto
Scherzo : allegro molto
Presto
Violin: Eric Crambes
Violin: Marc Duprez
Viola: Joël Soultanian
Cello: Guillaume Paoletti
Eric Crambes began his violin training with the Suzuki method. He then studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School in London and with Tibor Varga in Switzerland. In 1996, he obtained his Masters from the Juilliard School in New York, where he trained with Dorothy DeLay, and a diplome de 3e cycle (post-graduate qualification) in violin and chamber music from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon.
A tireless traveller and advocate of unlikely combinations, his concerts have taken him to Shinto temples in remote areas of Japan and schools in the Venezuelan forest, in addition to the most prestigious concert halls in numerous cities. Eric Crambes has won a number of competitions and has given many recitals throughout Europe, in the United States — where he made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York — and in Japan. He regularly plays with orchestras both in France and abroad.
Eric Crambes pursues many other musical activities in addition to his solo work. Keen to diversify his artistic experience, he regularly plays solo violin with various orchestras (the orchestra of La Scala in Milan, the Dutch Philharmonic Orchestra, the orchestra of the Capitole in Toulouse and the symphonic orchestras of Barcelona, Las Palmas and Lisbon, among others) and contributes to the creation and recording of contemporary works with the 2e2m ensemble, which he joined in 1999.
Eric Crambes has a passion for chamber music and has participated in many festivals. He has played with Gérard Poulet, Akiko Suwanai, Bruno Pasquier, Henri Demarquette, Xavier Gagnepain, Roland Pidoux, Michel Dalberto, Hortense Cartier Bresson, Alain Planes, Pascal Godart, Alexandre Tharaud, Jean François Heisser, and the Parisii Quartet, among others. He has also frequently had the honour of working with the dancers and prima ballerinas of the New York City Ballet, both in the United States and in Europe.
He was appointed Professor at the Liceo Conservatory in Barcelona in 2006 and is Artistic Director of the Aubenas Vals les Bains "Opus" Festival and of the Arcs en Savoie Festival.
After obtaining violin (1977) and chamber music (1978) prizes from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris and training with Pierre Amoyal for four years, Marc Duprez founded the Viotti Quartet and continued to perfect his technique under the guidance of Jean Hubeau until 1983. As a member of this quartet, he also received training from the members of the Amadeus, Lasalle and Alan Berg Quartets in Paris, Vienna and Basel.
Winner of the international quartet competition in Portsmouth in 1982 and of the Evian international competition in 1984, he has given concerts with numerous soloists, including Françoise Pollet, Elly Ameling, Gérard Caussé, Jean Hubeau, Artos Noras and Michel Portal.
He has recorded several records for Verany and Erato (quartets and quintets by Mendelssohn, Debussy, Ravel, Fauré and others), some of which were produced by Radio France (Saint-Saëns, Franck, Vierne, Pierné). Marc Duprez was a member of the Ensemble Instrumental de France, directed by Jean-Pierre Wallez, between 1979 and 1984.
Marc Duprez has been a member of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris since 1979.
Joël Soultanian was born in Paris in 1956. He began playing the viola in the United States and pursued his studies at the University of Northridge, California, under the tuition of Alan de Veritch. In 1979, he joined the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He also played for the orchestras of several large Hollywood studios and worked with directors including Lalo Schifrin and Georges Delerue.
On his return to France in 1985, Joël Soultanian continued to work as a chamber musician. He was a member of the Viotti Quartet and is currently a member of the Kammer Ensemble de Paris, the Nobis Trio (flute, harp and viola) and the Ame Art Cordes ensemble.
Joël Soultanian has also devoted some of his time to teaching students of the Orchestra and Choir of the Universities of Paris (OCUP) and the I-Lann festival of French music in Taiwan. In addition to the viola, he also plays the viola d'amore.
Joël Soultanian has been a member of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (EOP) since March 1989.
Guillaume Paoletti was born in the United States in 1968. He began his musical education at the CNR in Boulogne and was subsequently admitted to the CNSM in Paris, where he was unanimously awarded the first prize for cello and chamber music.
He perfected his technique during two stays in the United States, under the guidance of Aldo Parisot at Yale University and Janos Starker at Bloomington.
As a former member of the European Youth Orchestra (1989-1993) he has played under the direction of Bernard Haitink, Carlos Maria Guilini and Mstislav Rostropovitch. He qualified as a cello teacher in 1999 and has been a teaching assistant at the CNSM in Paris since 1996.
As a member of the Bartholdy Trio, he has been extremely active (150 concerts of chamber music), winning four major international prizes (including the ARD in Munich), and rubbed elbows with several grand masters, including Isaac Stern, Yo-Yo Ma and Menahem Pressler. He was a member of the Arpeggione Quartet from March 2001 to May 2002. Between June 2003 and March 2006, he was the Hoboken Trio's cellist, alongside Jérôme Granjon on piano and Saskia Lethiec on violin.
He has performed as a soloist on many occasions (Beethoven's Triple Concerto, Brahms' Double Concerto, Saint-Saëns' Concerto) and at prestigious venues in Saint-Petersburg, Berlin and Paris (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées under the direction of John Nelson), for example, and at the Colmar Festival.
His discography includes — in addition to many recordings with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris (EOP) — two records dedicated to the work of Schubert, including the famous Trout Quintet, a solo recording of Fauré's Elégie with the EOP and a recording of work by Smetana/Dvorak with the Hoboken Trio.
Guillaume Paoletti has been first cello soloist with the EOP (directed by John Nelson) since 1998.
Friday
Visit to the Mont Saint Michel
5.00 pm Departure by buses from the meeting centre.
A 90 min trip will take the participants and accompanying members by the
sea side coast road to Cancale (http://www.ville-cancale.fr) and
the Mont Saint Michel
(http://www.ot-montsaintmichel.com)
6.30 pm Private visit of the Abbey
7.30 pm Visit on your own of the Mont Saint Michel
8.30 pm Departure by buses to Saint Malo by direct road
9.30 pm Buffet in Saint Malo
Saturday
Free evening to enjoy on your own the inner City of Saint Malo its restaurants, “creperies” and bars
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